Posted on 04/14/2005 2:54:05 PM PDT by JulieRNR21
Court Decides Reparations Suit Against Democrats By Frances Rice
The U.S. District Court in Seattle, Washington issued a historic ruling in the landmark Reparations lawsuit (Case No. CV04-2442) filed against the Democratic Party by Rev. Wayne Perryman, author of the book entitled Unfounded Loyalty: An In-depth look into the Love Affair Between Blacks and Democrats.
Reacting to the court's decision, Rev. Perryman, who will be the keynote speaker at the June 11, 2005 Empowerment Award Luncheon sponsored by the SaraMana Black Republican Club at the Sarasota Hyatt at 11:30 AM, thanked his supporters and said: "This case will become a permanent part of the United States Federal Judicial archives for years to come."
Rev. Perryman said that he filed the 180-page Reparations lawsuit for two primary reasons: (1) To obtain redress for the crimes committed against African Americans by the Democratic Party and (2) To officially file a formal case against the Democratic Party as a permanent historic record.
Under oath in court, the Democratic Party was forced to tell the truth about the party's racist past and the harm that party caused to African Americans. In a legal maneuver to escape paying Reparations and have the case dismissed, the Democrats convinced the judge that since Rev. Perryman himself had not been personally or directly harmed, he had no standing to file the lawsuit on behalf of all African Americans.
Rev. Perryman responded to the Democrats' legal maneuver by submitting another legal brief to the court. In that document, Rev. Perryman said that "contrary to what the Democrats want the court to believe, none of the country's leading legal experts, including the 200 plus law professors who received copies of the original brief, have cited one legal precedent to dismiss the case."
It is the only case of record, Rev. Perryman told the court, "where millions of people were brought to this country against their will, enslaved for over 200 years, and denied their constitutional rights by the legislative efforts of one political party, the Democratic Party."
Using historical documents, Rev. Perryman presented facts to the court showing that African Americans were beaten, murdered, tortured and terrorized by members of the Democratic Party from 1792 to 1962. "African Americans," Rev. Perryman said, "were never compensated for their suffering."
Rev. Perryman pointed out to the court that there are a number of cases that address redress, but none that address the impact that one political party, the Democratic Party, had on an entire race of people. "This case is very unique," Rev. Perryman said, "and should not be dismissed because of other unrelated cases."
The other cases cited by the Democrats, Rev. Perryman said, were either about finding the descendants of slaves to compensate them or finding corporations that profited from slavery. My case against the Democrats, Rev. Perryman told the court, "is about a powerful political party that promoted and practiced racism for 170 years (1792-1962) until it infected our entire nation and affected an entire race." The Democratic Party's racist practices, Rev. Perryman said, continue to affect African Americans today. Most of the acts committed by the Democrats against African Americans were initiated and committed at the state level under the Democratic Party's claims of States’ Rights based on the party's Jim Crow Laws and Black Codes.
Rev. Perryman requested that the court order the Democratic Party to apologize for their racist past and the harm the party caused to African Americans. He also requested funds to produce a series of educational films depicting the true relationship between blacks and the two political parties. Both an apology and funds for educational purposes are allowed under the 1988 Civil Liberties Act.
I did go to the website and found essentially the same information which includes a host of monetary demands which certainly appears to be compensation.
I for one, am happy to see this kind of a record put into the public light, but I am at the same time just as opposed to any type of reparations as I have been from all of the leftist attempts at such extortion. I would be completely disingenuous to now support it simply because it's aimed at Democrats.
This still fits into David Horowitz' list against reparations, point 1 "Assuming there is actually a debt, it is not at all clear who owes it".
After the amusement wears off, we must oppose this just as vehemently as all the others.
They might want to put some ice on that.
Hey, I agree with you all.....I'm not for reparations either.... but I think Perryman wanted to hold the Democrats responsible and to show other African Americans that their 'loyality' was 'unfounded'.
same here.
reparations WILL cause a civil war.
i did no wrong to no black, my parents did no wrong, my grandparents did no wrong, my great grandparents did no wrong. my sister eats lives and breaths geniology and has gone back hundreds of years. we are of irish descent and at a time in the past were not the most cherished nationality in the USA.
to me this just adds to the handout gimme gimme image many whites have towards blacks.
to all my friends no matter what race.
you want money, EARN IT! i ain't given it up because your dear old great great grandpappy was sold into slavery by a nieghboring tribe.
i don't want my rant to offend anyone, but i am very passionate about this issue and will fight by all means to thwart any attempt at getting into my pocket.
Thank you for the link.
I did go and read his site.
Partisanship wants me to back his attack on the rats, but for the sake of partisanship alone I am not and probably will never be convinced of reparations.
If he was going after the party to dissolve it because of it's past & present crimes, including racial cultivation I could back it.
His charge, as written, puts the entire political spectrum into chaos. That would include jailing the likes of Jesse Jackson, Sharpton, Rangel, Waters, etc. etc. for advancing crimes on a national basis through a political party, backed by the MSM, advanced through various times that they ran the respective governments tricling down to taxpayers and voters.
Then voters and members would be affected for just holding an voter ID of the wrong party.
I don't like it. None of it.
>>>>My case against the Democrats, Rev. Perryman told the court, "is about a powerful political party that promoted and practiced racism for 170 years (1792-1962) until it infected our entire nation and affected an entire race." The Democratic Party's racist practices, Rev. Perryman said, continue to affect African Americans today. Most of the acts committed by the Democrats against African Americans were initiated and committed at the state level under the Democratic Party's claims of States’ Rights based on the party's Jim Crow Laws and Black Codes.<<<<<<
Let's throw salt on this and charge the Democratic Party with 'Hate Crimes'.
I love it!!!
Bump
Bump
Bump!
If this thing gets legs and any member of your family was ever a registered democrat you're screwed.
This is bad stuff.
Come Read THis!!
Come read this!
And I am very glad to see that put out, especially by a Black man who clearly has a vested interest. And it needs to be a part of any record that it was Republicans that saved the Union, abolished slavery and passed the 13th , 14th and 15th Amendments.
More stuff like this will clearly put the Dems on the defensive where they need to be, and for making financial slavery their platform for the past 75 years.
Obviously, you haven't been here too long. I'm rabidly disgusted with DemonRats, so much so that I coined the word DemonRats, and make many of my statements graphically, that I make myself.
Just so you know, I've been Lady Jag for a year and was sciendiet from '99 til then. Just so you you know what you're looking for.
While I'm glad to see the Democrat party called out onto the carpet for their inherent bigotry, half of this story is bad news.
As the plaintive states, this case will become a part of judicial history for years to come. It can also be used to establish precedent in future, across-the-board reparation suits.
I'm half hoping this is appealed and struck down. Better to give them a temporary black eye than to cut all our noses off to spite all our faces.
Is he going to sue Robert Byrd?
You go, Rev.! : )
Here is one for your database!!!
Activism at it's finest.
"I won't applaud reparations. No matter who gets nailed."
Same here. But I love reading the title of this thread!
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